Quotes about God

Suffering confronts us with the fact that life is not about us but about God. It is not about our glory but his.

Parenting is about being God's ambassadors in the lives of our children.

Let's start the new year by admitting that there is nothing less natural for us than to live for the glory of another. This admission is the doorway not to despair, but to hope. God knew that in your sin you would never live this way, so he sent his Son to live the life you couldn't, to die on your behalf, and to rise again, conquering sin and death. He did this so that you would not only be forgiven for your allegiance to you own glory, but have every grace you need to live for his.

God will remain faithful even when you're not, because his faithfulness rests on who he is, not on what you're doing.

Parenting is about being used of God to bring your children to that wholesome and heart-changing place of personal hopelessness. This is not a process of condemnation, but of patient and loving rescue.

It is only when the peace of God rules my heart that I can know real peace with you.

You do not really understand the significance of words until you realize that the first words that human ears ever heard were not the words of another human being, but the words of God! The value of every piece of human communication is rooted in the fact that God speaks.

When we speak, it must be with the realization that God has given our words significance. He has ordained for them to be important.

All of these things were the signs and symptoms of a deeper, more foundational problem. The problem was one of the heart, one that would have an inescapable negative effect on his ministry. The problem was a vertical problem. It had to do with the character and content of this pastor's relationship with God.

God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

God will not rest from his redemptive work until he has once and for all presided over the funeral of sin and death.

This side of eternity in this broken world, cursing is the default language of the kingdom of self, but mourning is the default language of the kingdom of God. Which language will you speak today?